Compliance | October 15th, 2009 IRS Sets Benefits Limits for 2010 October 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has announced cost of living adjustments applicable to dollar limitations for...
Benefits | October 14th, 2009 IRS Form 990 Remake Prompts Education Campaign October 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A redesign of the Form 990 annual report required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
Compliance | October 14th, 2009 IRS Eases Distribution Limit Notice Rule October 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials announced that the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act (WRERA)...
Administration | October 8th, 2009 Systems Glitch Leads to U.K. Pension Overpayments October 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.K. insurer Aegon has admitted a systems glitch has been overvaluing by 25% the pensions...
Compliance | October 8th, 2009 IRS Issues Final Regs for Funding Status Determinations October 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalized rules governing single-employer minimum funding mandates as well...
Compliance | October 2nd, 2009 QDRO Cannot Override ERISA Rules for COBRA and Retirement Benefits October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled that the former...
Compliance | September 25th, 2009 IRS DB Funding Guidance Is "Good News" September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In guidance released Friday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has advised defined benefit sponsors that...
Compliance | September 24th, 2009 IRS Puts Out RMD Waiver Guidance September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday provided sponsors with two sample plan amendments to...
Products | September 18th, 2009 IRS Site Helps Employers Navigate Retirement Plan Waters September 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small-business employers looking for basic guidance about the array of workplace retirement plans from which...
Compliance | September 11th, 2009 Recovery Act Tax Benefits Include Work-related Education Deduction September 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has established an information center describing the various tax credits,...
Compliance | September 11th, 2009 IRS Answers Questions on Taxability of Roth Conversions September 11, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In Notice 2009-75, the Internal Revenue Service provides guidance in the form of a Q&A...
Compliance | September 9th, 2009 IRS Provides More Details of DB Funding Status Election September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multiemployer plan sponsors who want to revoke a prior Section 432 funding status election now...
Compliance | September 8th, 2009 IRS Distributes Final 401(a)(9) RMD Qualification Rule September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal tax officials have put out a final rule (TD 9459) allowing government plans carrying...
Benefits | August 24th, 2009 Mercer Suggests Sponsors Prepare in Case Plan Limits Drop August 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a new report, Mercer suggests plan sponsors may want to prepare for the possibility...
Compliance | August 21st, 2009 IRS Launches Multimedia Help on ARRA August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the availability of video and audio products to...
Benefits | August 21st, 2009 QVC Workers Cry Foul Over 401(k) Probe Firings August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - QVC employees fired over alleged irregularities in their 401(k) withdrawals are complaining they were treated...
Benefits | August 20th, 2009 QVC Ends 401(k) Loan Investigation August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - QVC officials have completed their investigation into alleged employee misconduct in taking 401(k) loans, but...
Benefits | August 5th, 2009 QVC Probes 401(k) Loan Problems August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The QVC home shopping network turned away workers at its Rocky Mount, North Carolina, distribution...
Products | July 27th, 2009 PenChecks to Administer Missing Participant Accounts for RPG July 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RPG Consultants and PenChecks Inc. have announced an alliance which enables retirement plan sponsors to...
Compliance | July 24th, 2009 Participant's Refinanced Plan Loan Caused Deemed Distribution July 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Tax Court has agreed with the Internal Revenue Service that a participant's refinanced...